Horse Racing picks for Saratoga race track on Friday, August 17

There is plenty of great Horse Racing across America on Friday, including at Saratoga race track in New York. We have been in fine form with our picks for a long time now and we are up +207.7 units with our race selections to our recommended stakes dating back to August 5, 2021. We have hit 6 winners in 14 races over the past 5 days, too, and have made a profit on 3 consecutive days. Let’s keep it rolling!

Here are our best bets for today’s action at Saratoga race track.

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1:35 pm Saratoga (Race 2) – T Max 1/1 (3-star play)

Showed a good level of ability in winning her first 2 starts at 2 years old, including when making all to score by 5 lengths in a 7-furlong allowance optional claimer at Churchill Downs last September. The daughter of Connect has failed to shine in her 2 most recent starts, including in a $30,000 claimer over 7 furlongs at Ellis Park. The filly gets an easier contest here and is taken to debut for the Linda Rice barn with a win. 

2:39 pm Saratoga (Race 4) – Stunningly 2/1 (2-star play)

The daughter of Gun Runner was a $675,000 purchase as a yearling in 2021 and while a fourth is the best she could manage in her two starts at two she has shown improved form in finishing runner-up in each of her last 2 starts. The most recent of those saw her suffer a two length defeat over 7 furlongs here last month and she is taken to break her maiden at the sixth time of asking. 

3:12 pm Saratoga (Race 5) – Nobel 5/2 (2-star play)

The 4-year-old showed good form in handicap company in Europe including when two-and-three-quarter-lengths fourth in an 18 runner contest at York last month. Nobel was purchased for $135,787 by current connections subsequently having won impressively on the synthetic track at Newcastle on his penultimate start. The son of Lope de Vega looks capable of registering a third career victory on his first start for Brendan Walsh who can boast an impressive 29% strike-rate (4 of 14) at this meeting. 

4:20 pm Saratoga (Race 7) Costa Terra 9/5 (2-star play)

Trained by Linda Rice, the colt showed a liking for this venue when delivering a two-and-a-half-length victory in a mile-and-a-quarter allowance contest here last month. The son of Gun Runner led in the straight prior to being overhauled late on when a neck second over the same track and trip subsequently. Jose Lezcano, on board last time out is again in the saddle and he looks capable of steering the 4-year-old to victory dropping back slightly in distance. 

4:58 pm Saratoga (Race 8) – No Nay Mets 7/5 (2-star play)

The colt has impressed in both starts in the US including when drawing five-and-a-half-lengths clear of his rivals in the Tyro Stakes over five furlongs on a good surface at Monmouth Park. The son of No Nay Never had suffered his only defeat when ninth in the Grade 2 Norfolk Stakes over the same trip at Royal Ascot the previous month. The colt sets the standard on form and can add to trainer George Weaver’s 7 winners at this meeting.  

Exotic

Early Pick 3

Race 1 – 1, 3
Race 2 – 4, 6
Race 3 – 5, 6

Stake – $2.00
Total Stake – $16.00

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